FEBRUARY MARCH ACTIVITIES

UNITED SERVICE

Our first United Service of the year was held at Six Roads on February 8. We had between 120 and 140 out for the Morning Worship service. Bro. Andrew Shepherd from Grazettes was the Worship Leader and he did a fine job. The message was brought by Bro. Leaton Wharton also from Grazettes while special music came from the Grazettes congregation also.

After the service we had a Potluck Luncheon provided by the two congregations and it was enjoyed by all.

The afternoon session as usual was dedicated to the young people and it featured Bible quizzes. The first quiz was a General Bible Quiz for the children of All Star age (3-11) it took the form of “Bible Rounders” which is our adaptation of “Bible Baseball”. Rounders is a game played mostly by girls and they have bases similar to Baseball however, they use a tennis ball and they hit it with their hands and then run on to the bases instead of a bat. The Six Roads group came out winners there. The second quiz was a Book Challenge for those of High School age. This was a preparatory measure to get back to Bible Bowl. We studied the book of James and had buzzer type questions. In the end, after a keen competition the Grazettes youth came out victorious.

ETHICS CLASS

A couple years ago an old classmate of mine approached me to teach a course on Ethics in the Barbados Community College. BCC is our lone Junior College here offering Advanced level certificates and Associate of Science Degrees. Then I politely declined to take it up because of the level of responsibility I had. In early February she asked me first to fill in for her because she had a back injury and was on sick leave for a couple of weeks. She also persuaded me at the time to teach one 3 hour course in Ethics. I decided to give it at try. The class I am teaching consists of about 25 Computer Science students. I took it up because it gives me a wonderful opportunity to shape the character of some of our bright young people, none of whom have ever had a class on ethics before. I thought it was a good opportunity to use my Christian witness to make some structural changes in the life of these young people many of whom have not yet sorted out a worldview. It has been fun and challenging seeing that it was an area that I have never taught before. Seeing my specialty has been more in the area of public speaking, church history and theology.

FOCCC LAUNCH

In February we also launched a new group called The Friends of the Churches of Christ Camp (FOCCC). This group was formed to help with the maintaining and developing of the Camp facility we have here on the island. They will be setting up a regular system of maintenance and will be helping to get the camp property ready for the summer.

TEA PARTY

On February 28 the Ladies Fellowship of the Six Roads church held their annual tea party. This year the format was different, it was held on the lawns instead of inside the church building. The crowds however, were a bit down from previous years but those who attended had a good time.

HARVEST TIME

March here is the center of our harvest season. It is the dry season and the time when the sugar cane is harvested. That also means time for the holding of Harvest Thanksgiving Programs at the churches. We had two good harvests at Six Roads (22^nd) and Grazettes (29^th). At Six Roads we had about 100 in attendance. The highlight of the program was the play by the drama group an interpretation of the Parable of the Wheat and the Weeds. The young people that played the Devil and his demons did a great job and it was well appreciated by the audience. At Grazettes we had around 80 and the program went quite well also with the recitations and a play by the youth Group on the Parable of the Shrewd Manager. The Combined Choir, at times augmented with some of the youth, did a great job in special music. After the harvest people bring prepared items and produce which people are then allowed to take for a small donation to help the congregations.